Voice Actor Enthusiast Gifts

'Believe me, I'd like to hire you. But if you're only skill is talking like Bugs Bunny, you don't have a chance.'

'How are the ventriloquist lessons going?'

Joan Hickson

"I'm sorry, we're looking for the voice of a spunky animated turnip and your reading is more fruit than vegetable if you understand what I mean."

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'Put some feeling into it. I can't tell the difference between the lion and the mouse.'

"If you insist on doing all the voices, Dad. Don't you think father bear should have a deeper voice than Goldilocks?"

"Bill did the voice-over for this commercial."

'We're out of earshot now, so you can drop the phoney, Oxbridge accent.'

"Larry, what's the weather forecast?" "Let me ask you something. Did you make waffles this morning? Because someone had maple syrup on their hands, and I seem to recall a hand moving me... a pretty, pretty, pretty sticky hand..."

"I got the part, but I play a waiter."

'He has been like that ever since he had a small part in 'Finding Nemo'!'

It's more than a mike!

'Therapy in L.A.'

'I'm a voice over artist.'

"I don't like the tone of your voice. Mind if I tweak it a bit?"

'The actors guild suspended my membership.'

The passing of a radio/tv personality.

Joanna Lumley.

'Thanks for buying the ventriloquism instructional tapes. You are now listening to tape number one...'

This is a voice recognition service...we reserve the right to cut you off if you have an irritating nasal sort of voice.

Jacqueline Bisset caricature

James Earl Jones

"I hope they read the fine print that the audiobook is to be voiced by Morgan Freeman."

Welcome to California. You may begin your Schwarzenegger imitation now

Pay attention Mom. You're making the wolf and three little pigs sound the same.

Making an Audio Book: Quiet Please No Barking!!!

'You were up for the part, but we got ourselves a digitized actor who is just a little better looking, has a little better voice and does those action scenes a lot better.'

"Instead of careful interpretation of the prose, maybe try pronouncing even the most basic words like an insane person?"